Friday, April 9, 2010

The usual lineup with the lone exception being Miguel Olivo getting a second straight start behind the plate. It's early, but the pressure may already be mounting on Chris Iannetta.

1st Inning

Baseball is back in Denver. What a beautiful day.

De La Rosa breezes through the first, capping it with a strikeout of Adrian Gonzalez.

Clayton Richard returns the favor, shutting the Rockies down 1-2-3.

2nd Inning

San Diego's Kyle Blanks is one impressive specimen. A large man of 6'6" 275 LBs, and he nearly beat out a fairly routine grounder to Stewart. Great athlete.

DLR is dealing through two innings.

First and third situation results in nada as Stewart GIDP. That's 0-for-1 with RISP today.

3rd Inning

Is Miguel Olivo the first Rockies catcher to throw to first after a strikeout? I feel like I've seen it before but can't recall who might have done it.

Does anyone else even care?

DLR strikes out the first two and then inexplicably walks Clayton Richard. A little frustration shown after ball four, but he still recovers to strikeout the side.

Rockies start picking on former farmhand Evereth Cabrera, who commits an error allowing CarGo to reach second, and then Dexter Fowler beats out an infield hit to short. Todd Helton grounds out to end the threat. 1-for-3 RISP = 0 runs.

4th Inning

Padres mount their final real threat with two outs. DLR strikes out the younger Hairston to end it.

San Diego's only hit so far was on a perfect hit-and-run. Jorge has close to no-hit stuff today.